Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1902. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EMPIRE of THESSALONICA. THEODORE, Comnenus-Ducas. 1224-1230. AR Trachy (2.56 gm). Thessalonica mint. Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; \ in nimbus, one pellet on left arm of throne, two on right / Theodore, crowned and holding akakia, and St. Demetrius, nimbate, standing facing, holding labarum with triangle and cross-in-circle between them. DOC IV 1b var. (pellets on throne); SB 2158. EF, lustrous, with full strike on reverse. Very rare. ($1500)